Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Transportation & Logistics and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Resources and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.57%, while the MDAX index fell 0.24%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 0.90% or 0.067 points to trade at 7.546 at the close. Meanwhile, Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) added 0.39% or 0.70 points to end at 180.95 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 0.39% or 0.340 points to 86.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 7.89% or 1.510 points to trade at 17.630 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.86% or 0.440 points to end at 23.170 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 1.54% or 0.265 points to 16.955.
The top performers on the MDAX were Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which rose 3.37% to 13.955, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was up 1.25% to settle at 47.295 and Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which gained 0.83% to close at 34.190.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 2.43% to 4.66 in late trade, Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which lost 1.49% to settle at 63.610 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.34% to 34.635 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 4.29% to 60.330, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 2.36% to settle at 24.725 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which gained 1.70% to close at 39.16.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 2.41% to 48.735 in late trade, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which lost 1.22% to settle at 46.995 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 1.20% to 58.690 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 491 to 272 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.29% or 2.480 to 60.330.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.38% to 14.88.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1227.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.39% or 0.21 to hit $53.12 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $55.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.0585, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8649.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.66.